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Mini-Stories: Volume 15

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What Kind of Dialogue Is Luciano Writing?

In 2002, a comedy writer at the CBC was asked to write dialogue for Queen Elizabeth II's visit. Luciano: "Everything that is going to be said to the Queen during this visit, it must be written out in advance" He says his boss told him he would have to send all the dialogue to Buckingham Palace for approval. For like a month, Luciano's writing this dialogue for 30 people and he's sending it to Buckingham Palace. They're coming back with these notes. You can't hug her. Unless she asks for one. One of the protocols that still blows away is they tell you, oh, don't ask if the jewels are real because they're real. That

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